The Social Mobile Payments: Americas event is proud to welcome Editor-in-Chief Loraine DeBonis as Moderator of a panel discussion at our upcoming event. Bringing together industry players to discuss and debate a range of topics in a focused session. The forum will be a one-hour program featuring a distinguished panel of experts who will discuss topical issues focused around the social, mobile and payments ecosystem.

Loraine DeBonis, Editor-in-Chief

Loraine DeBonis is responsible for directing content and design across all of Paybefore’s media platforms: Paybefore Update, Paybefore Legal, Paybefore Magazine, Paybefore News, Paybefore News International and Paybefore Buyer’s Guide. Since joining Paybefore in 2007, DeBonis has developed relationships with industry stakeholders worldwide.

Much of her work has focused on understanding trends in the unbanked segment as well as emerging international markets. DeBonis has been an editor and writer for national magazines and newsletters for more than a decade, writing about everything from art and health to prepaid cards. Prior to joining Paybefore, DeBonis covered the prepaid card industry for SourceMedia in Chicago.

Her work has appeared in Prepaid Trends, Cards & Payments, The Artist’s Magazine and Healthy Advice Networks. For a recent Q&A on the Arroweye Blog where she answered questions about the industry rather than asking them, click here.

DeBonis received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English, magna cum laude, from Xavier University in Cincinnati. She lives in Tennessee with her husband Alex, an English professor, and their son Sam.